OMG, I think I know this polar bear! He was on a baby animal show, “Growing up Polar Bear” I think? He had been rescued in Alaska after his mother was killed. I remember it because he had this blue barrel that he _really_ loved, and when they sent him to a zoo they asked him to give him a bigger blue barrel to play with :)

actually, i am pretty sure it is San Diego. notice the lack of green in mr polar bear’s coat. They were the first to put in a saline water system for their polar bears. it looks like that enclosure.
Cute Cute Cute. this site makes my day at work better.

I’d love it if this was Magnet from Baltimore, but I don’t think it is… the exhibit isn’t quite right. It’s going to be really tough to tell because lots of zoos use similar materials in their exhibits (grey rocks) and for enrichment (big blue kegs). Very cute pictures!

Random Polar Bear Fact: Polar Bears fur is actually clear. Their skin is black to attract the sun for warmth so their fur is “clear” to light the sunlight through. Because there is so much it appears to be white…We will now return you to your regularly scheduled cute.

They are so cute when they start playing in the water. We were at the St Louis zoo, watching a bear playing with a giant ball in the water.
He’d roll it up the side of the pool, to the top of the ‘hill’, then with one solid “bap!” of his head, knock it in, the belly flop on it.

A crowd watched him, and would applaud a good polar belly flop.

We could have sworn that the bear knew what applause was, because he’d do something else cute, then look at the crowd like, “Well? Wasn’t that cute enough?”